Isle of Jura presents the first ever reissue of material by Shiva, a disco project from Hollywood soundtrack producer extraordinaire Ira Newborn. These two lost Disco classics feature soul legend Leon Ware and Jo Ann Harris, a little known backing singer for Bob Dylan throughout the 80s. Ira is primarily known for his work producing and composing the musical scores for a host of classic Hollywood movies including The Blues Brothers, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Naked Gun trilogy, Weird Science, Ace Ventura and Uncle Buck. In 1981 Ira’s lawyer persuaded him to get involved in the 'Aerobicise' project for Ronco Entertainment that centered around a VHS workout for people to follow at home, produced by Ron Harris. Ira produced the music alongside a host of musicians under the name Shiva. Leon Ware and Jo Ann Harris were enlisted to add vocals to two tracks to aid the commercial potential of the Vinyl version of the Video. ‘What Does It Take’ providing an uptempo crescendo to the third part of the workout and ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ the final warm down track. There are two original versions backed with extended instrumentals sourced from a rare Lazer Disc Version of the album. It feels right to shine a light on one of Leon Ware’s lesser known performances, whilst the Jo Ann Harris cut has a distinct Balearic air featuring sultry keys and sax at a tempo of 98 BPM.